Bernardine Evaristo
Author of Girl, Woman, Other
About the Author
Bernardine Evaristo was born in London to a Nigerian father and English mother. She is a former poet in residence at the Museum of London.
Image credit: Publicity photo by Katie Vandyck, available at author's website.
Works by Bernardine Evaristo
Rapariga, Mulher, Outra 5 copies
Associated Works
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Contributor — 83 copies
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Contributor — 24 copies
Loud Black Girls: 20 Black Women Writers Ask, What's Next? (2020) — Foreword, some editions — 18 copies
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- Legal name
- Evaristo, Bernardine Anne Mobolaji
- Birthdate
- 1959-05-28
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- Eltham Hill Girls Grammar School
Rose Bruford College of Speech & Drama - Occupations
- actor
writer - Organizations
- Westminster Befriend A Family
Spread the Word Literature Development Agency
Free Verse
The Complete Works - Awards and honors
- MBE
FRSL
FRSA
NESTA Fellowship Award (2003)
Arts Council Writers Award (2000)
BT EMMA Best Book Award (1999) (show all 9)
Big Red Read Award (2009)
Orange Prize Youth Panel Award (2009)
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award nominee (2010) - Agent
- Kate Jones (US)
Karolina Sutton (UK)
Curtis Brown (UK)
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2019 Booker Prize Longlist: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo in Booker Prize (July 2019)
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- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 4,204
- Popularity
- #5,981
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 189
- ISBNs
- 135
- Languages
- 16
- Favorited
- 1
- Touchstones
- 231
Every page is perfect, every sentence, gosh, every word. Evaristo takes twelve vastly different women, connected in ways obvious and subtle, profiling their lives, their agonies, their battles and loves, self-deceptions, losses, doubts, and triumphs. Throughout she maintains that delicate ironic tone that characterises much of the best of British literature.
This is a book very much of the now, touching on numerous current cultural debates, in a manner that feels authentic and precise. It is a truly polyphonic experience. This is great literature but also very much a novel in every sense of the word.
I cannot recommend highly enough.… (more)